For most of his life, Seguin’s Travis York knew where he would be on Friday nights — and then Saturday afternoons.

To say that the top of District 26-3A is stacked would be a vast understatement.

Seguin High School senior Ashlynn Flores’ life changed last year when she became a mom.

Anyone that saw the Navarro Lady Panthers’ run to a district championship and the 4A volleyball regional semifinals last fall knows the name Kelly Helms.

A mix up with her dad on directions in the Metroplex may have been fate for Navarro’s Micayla Hawes.

MARION — San Antonio Cole is currently the No. 3 ranked 3A boys team in the state.

The Navarro Lady Panthers came storming back from a 14-5 first quarter deficit to beat Cuero Friday night, 41-31 and claim the District 30-4A crown.

Walker Rudisaile never thought that his ability to use a pole to vault over a bar would lead to this.

Kevin Duke

Coaches preach defense to players all the time.

A second half run from the Navarro Panthers had just got them back in the game.

Tuesday night was an incredible night for high school basketball in the area, as the Seguin Matadors and the Navarro Panthers treated fans to a couple of thrilling ball games.

Big numbers and returning lifters have blessed coach Jeff Harvey and his Navarro powerlifting team at the start of the 2020 season.

Coaches call it “getting over the hump.”

PLEASANTON — The Navarro Lady Panthers got a big win at Pleasanton Friday night, riding a hot second quarter to get a seven-point lead, then holding on for a 46-41 win.

BOERNE — They call it “Big Mo.”

For the Matadors playoff chances, this win was huge.

The hiring of a couple of new coaches a year-and-a-half ago at Seguin High School had a nice side effect.

Seguin senior Marissa Bradley still has a season to play as a Lady Matador.

The Marion boys and girls squared off against two very good teams Friday night in Marion in the first District 26-3A games of the season — in the form of the Comfort Deer (girls) and the Comfort Bobcats (boys).

This game was huge.

For most of them, it was the last football game they will ever play.

The Seguin Matador powerlifting team is off to a great start after winning the first meet of the season Saturday at Lehman High School in Kyle — and having two lifters win their weight class and qualify for regionals. 

It was a little closer than the coach would have liked.

Two crucial early season district games went down to the wire in a Tuesday night doubleheader at Navarro High School, as the Lady Panthers fell to Gonzales and the boys beat the Apaches in back-to-back games.

First, Seguin’s Hayden Haas had to make the team. 

Texas Lutheran won their third game of the week against a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference team by beating Southwestern 77-69.

Following a brutally tough District 26-5A opening schedule that saw them play three of the teams expected to contend for the district title, the Seguin Matadors were in desperate need of a win.

The Marion Bulldogs had turned a corner on their basketball season, stringing together four straight wins to take the Nixon-Smiley tournament over the Christmas Break.

I wish there was more of me to go around. 

It’s not often a team plays two games in three hours.

Matador kicker Garett Stiles was a weapon for Seguin in 2019.

It’s one of my favorite things to do as sports editor of the Seguin Gazette.

The Lady Mats were in need of a win.

Seguin High School sophomore Nick Carmona is instantly recognizable at the bowling alley.

In a 2019 volleyball season that saw all of our area teams make the playoffs, postseason honors have poured in for the teams from Seguin, Navarro, Marion and Lifegate.

The Marion girls basketball team got three wins at the Poteet tournament over the weekend, with Lizzie Abrameit leading the way.

It’s how the Seguin Matadors want to play.

The “pressers” became the “pressees” Tuesday night at Goldie Harris Gym.

Seguin head coach Dwayne Gerlich got his 400th career win, as the Matadors beat SA Marshall in the second of three games for the Mats over the weekend in the Matador Classic at Goldie Harris Gym.